Kent Simonsen
Chief Consultant & Competency Excelence Lead at Tietoevry create
Bergen, Vestland, Norway
Summary
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Top SchoolKent Simonsen is a seasoned software engineer and leader with 17 years of professional experience, currently serving as Chief Consultant & Competency Excellence Lead at Tietoevry Create in Bergen. His background blends hands-on software development, Java programming, and DevOps with academic research experience as a PhD Research Fellow, giving him a rare mix of practical delivery and rigorous problem-solving. Kent has progressed from early engineering roles to senior consultancy and competency leadership, shaping practices, mentoring engineers, and driving technical excellence across large projects. He is comfortable operating at the intersection of research and industry, having moved between university labs and commercial product teams. Based in Norway, he brings steady leadership and a long-term commitment to craftsmanship, often translating complex technical concepts into operational improvements. An understated but notable trait is his continuity of focus—many multi-year roles that reflect depth rather than churn.
17 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science, Master of Science at University of Bergen (UiB)Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) at Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
Norwegian, English, French, Lao
Github Skills (54)
spec10
azure-storage10
h5p10
stubs10
docker-image10
restful-api10
api-client10
generator10
azurite10
azure-app-service10
api10
sdk10
rest-client10
rest10
openapi-generator10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
kentis/MVCore
Aug 2010 - Feb 2016
Contributions:36 commits, 2 pushes, 4 issues in 5 years 7 months
kentis/nppn-cli
Jan 2013 - Jul 2013
Contributions:54 commits, 1 comment in 5 months
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